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JAPAN-Oil on Canvas (remaster, which sounds SO much better than the original crappy muffled/low volume recording). IMO the best Japan album.

ARC-Rise. Ian Boddy and Mark Shreeve, on DiN download. As good as any of their other excellent albums.

DEPECHE MODE-Construction Time Again, A Broken Frame (deluxe remasters). Love the early DM stuff, in fact I lost interest pretty much after Black Celebration. The DVD documentaries are fascinating.

GAS/DEEPCHORD mix CD. I've been getting into the ambient dub techno stuff more lately, especially the whole Deepchord/Echospace thing. That "Liumin" CD by Deepchord is going for $40-$50 on Discogs. Wish I'd bought that a few months back when I saw it at Amoeba Music!!

I've been getting into the ambient dub techno stuff more lately, especially the whole Deepchord/Echospace thing.

If you've been digging on more of that tip, I would recommend your checking out the following labels/artists as well if you're not already aware of them:

- Cold Tear / http://coldtear.com / Superb label mostly featuring Eastern Euro ambientdubtech artists, but also some IDM-related, too. The releases are all Kunaki-made pro CDRs in jewel cases with very nice artwork & sound and many of the artists do some very immersive stuff indeed (and the CDs are only $8 each!). Off the cuff, I'd suggest checking out (amongst many on their roster) Textural Being, whose release rivals anything by Yagya, Gas, etc., although still operating on the same categorical axis. What I like about T.B. is that he mostly foregos the usual over-used filters & reverbs and actually creates some differing, off-kilter patterns amid his mercurial soundscapes.

- Entropy / http://www.entropy-records.com / French label run by David Ya (himself a musician) sporting many little sub-labels, releasing both CDs & CDRs. Entropy has quickly become a highly-regarded HQ for the smooth dubstuff, with many well-known practitioners of the form having released multiple recordings (Mr. Cloudy, Grit, Dublicator, Coppice Halifax, etc.).

- Milieu Music / http://store.milieu-music.com / Shop/label run by Brian Grainger & David Tagg. Between the two of them, and their endless array of aliases (such as Coppice Halifax), not to mention other & related artists, these two are looking to surpass the combined catalogs of Sun Ra & Pete Namlook. Collectively, their recordings number pretty damn close if not over 100 (most on CDR), but much of it is actually of a fairly high quality. Grainger's CH project is the standout, gorgeous ambientdubtech in the vein of the aforementioned Gas, Rod Modell, etc., but comes in a dizzying assortment of flavors & textures. This lot'll keep your wallet perpetually empty.

- Silent Season / http://silentseason.com / Canadian label that also trucks in multiple formats (CD, CDR & d/l) & with some nice packaging to boot, featuring both known and little known artists (Federson, Ohwert, ASC, Overcast Sound, Quantec, Atheus, etc.). Most the recordings are lush, dense, atmospheric & well-produced, all releases worth looking in to.

- Interstellar Sounds / http://interstellarsounds.com / Not a label but a British mailorder concern that stocks many of the above artists & affiliated labels in addition to new imprints such as Confineless, Convexion, Echospace, Zeecc, and many others.

There's more & I'm sure I'm leaving out some others, but the above represent a big enough bit to start chewing on...

Thx for the tips, Darren! Silent Season I'm aware of. Haven't missed a release for the last couple years, and paid some pretty pennies on discogs for the sold out stuff. I will definitely research these other labels.

i've been playing this over the last few days multiple times and i think it's an excellent release by mathias!initially i found a bit static and like not much was going on but now listening again to this release, especially the 30-minute track 'Domains Of The Stallo' i think it's powerful statement of how should drone music be.. and something beautiful is going on between these layers of sound.

anyway, i'll look forward to the upcoming live 2CD by Grassow & Carsten Agthe on Gterma!

Oh my,another label I never heard of from my own country,Silent Season. Darren,can you suggest 2 to start with. Must be available on Bandcamp and looking for that Deepchord sound,delays,panning,gentle beats. Some of what I heard was a bit hard edged.Drone on,try to get the Liumin double CD,to my ears,CD 2 is the better version.Also,check out the new Depeche Mode video for their upcoming album and tour. I stopped buying them long ago but this song is going back to Faith and Devotion sounds.Shows them in the studio and there are a ton of electronics going on.Listening-David Sylvian,Praise of Shamans tour. This is a bootleg but outstanding quality,live sound desk feed.1988.

Subradial-Bioloophorm ( I think that is how you spell it) Very Biosphere,dare I say better at times. Robert Rich- Nest,splendid. All the usual Rich sounds but very even,no highs or lows just one long story. One of his better ones.

At the moment I'm listening to track 4. It's an amazing compilation, for me it contains some of the best ambient I've ever heard. Floating, dreamy, light (I don't enjoy dark stuff at the moment), simply perfect. Gordon is a genius And it's free

Yes, I definitely agree about expanding Altera Orbe label, don't miss also their two releases by Landru, entitled "Neurotransmitters" and "Fimbria", plus his collaboration with Ran Kirlian "Waterfront". By the way, both, "Neurotransmitters" and "Waterfront", were reviewed on these pages, so feel free to check them out too.